Hand-method lasting-machine.



P. F. ENO.

HANID METHOD LASTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED 11u21. 1014.

1,132,535. Patented Mar.16,1915.

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FRANK F. ENO, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO ENO WELT SHOE COMPANY,

A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

HAND-METHOD LASTING-MACHINE. i

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

Application filed May 21, 1914. Serial No. 839.982.

To auw/10mi# may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK F. ENO, a citizen of the; United States, residing in Jamaica Plain district, city of Boston, county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand-Method Lasting-Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the drawings accompanyingthe same and forming a part thereof.

My improvement relates to what is known ils hand-method lasting machines.`v

The objects of my improvement are to provide a combined positioning rest and anvil foruse in connection with hand-method `lasting machines, for the purpose of proparly positioning a shoe when its upper is being lasted to the inner sole; and further to provide means so that the lasting tacks or fastening means used in securing the lpper to the inner sole maybe driven and clenched or' fastened to the upper and a` strip or welt which is secured to the inner sole. f

In the drawings accompanying this specification and forming a part thereof, Figure l represents a vertical section of portions of what is known in the trade as a consolidated hand-method lasting machine, and showsin cross section a shoe in place so as to illustrate my' improved method of last` ing and securing the shoe-upper to an inner so e, and one of the preferred means used for clenching or securing the upper to the strip or :welt which is secured to the inner sole; and Fig. 2 is a perspective of the combined positioning-rest and anvil.

In the drawings, 1 represents the inner 'sole of-ashoe and 2 a. welt br strip secured thereto. The upper 3 is shown as being secured to the. welt or strip 2 by tacks 4; it being funderstood that any other suitable rivetingtpr fastening means may, be employed,jother than tacks.

The anvil 5 is -shown as attached to the 'portion 6 of 'a consolidated hand-method lasting machine in such manner that its point 7, which is thinned down, may be inserted under the welt or strip 2 so as to position the shoe-upper 3 in proper alinement, and so that the pulling-over jaws 8 and 9 can grasp the edge of the shoe-upper and draw it over the welted portion 2 in proper position so that the tacks or fastening devices may be fed, driven and clenched by the cooperation of the tack-feeding and driving device 10, and the anvil portion 7. As the device 10 drives the tacks through the upper 3 and welting 2 the point of the tack or fastening device comes in contact with the point '7 of the combined positioning rest and 'anvil 5, and the point of the tack is clenched over as shown.

Applicant has shown only such portions of a lasting machine as are necessary to show the position of the combined position-- ing-rest and anvil 5, and therefore does not claim as his improvement any portion of said hand-method lasting machine other than the said combined positioning-rest and anvil 5.

Applicant has shown his combined positioning-rest and anvil applied to what isknown' as a consolidated hand method lasting machine, hut does not desirel to limit the application of his invention to that particular type ot lasting machine, as it may be found desirable to apply it to other types of lasting machines.

l/Vhat l claim is;-

Thc combination, with a lasting machine of a positioning-rest and anvil having a thin rounded point formed and arranged to project under a Welt or strip of a shoe sole to'position the sole while the upper is being lasted thereto, and toserve as an anvil for clenching the fastening devices thereon.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this the 16th day of May A. D. i 1914.

- FRANK F. ENO.

Witnesses: R. P. ELLIoTr,

THoMAs D. HAMsoN.

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